Wednesday, June 30, 2010

CZ jewelry: The best gift item

If you do not know what gift to choose for your lady love, here is the answer. We all know that women love diamonds, but not all of us are rich enough to buy diamonds on every occasion. But all of us would go for the diamond jewelry that is within your range. It might sound very unbelievable but with the CZ jewelry it is very much possible. You can get the sparkling jewelry as good as diamond, in fact it is at times even better than the diamonds. You can get an amazing range of designs and styles. In fact you will get the type of design that you are looking for.

You will get all jewelry items in Cubic Zirconia. You will get the rings, the amazing pendants and also beautiful bracelets. In fact the prices are so affordable that you will not have to worry at all and you can buy all of them. Something that will be really a very good option is the charm bracelet. These bracelets have different charms hanging from them. They not only look very attractive but also have an emotional side to them. You can always choose the charms that relate to your woman and then show her how much you care. If your lady is the one who is funky and likes it bold, you can get her the animal rings. You can also go for the big and the bold pieces.

It is also very easy to buy these pieces online. You just need to know the taste of your girl and you will find the piece. In fact you will get so many options that it will become difficult for you to choose from. You can simply look for al the different online providers and then get the best offer. It is convenient, affordable and also your lady will love it.

Cat Shaped Car - Funny Picture

Cat Shaped Car - Funny Picture



First Ever iPhone - Funny Picture

First Ever iPhone - Funny Picture



First Snap! ... Dana and Mark's Wedding at Astor's Beechwood

Coming soon...Dana and Mark married at Salve and an amazing! reception at Astors Beechwood Mansion. They had a fantastic day with the likes of Raina Dawn Events and Buzz Media Company on hand, you won't be disappointed!

Kelly Brook in Bikini at the Beach in Barbados





Wrist Tattoos – Where and How to Find a Great Wrist Tattoo


Wrist Tattoos – Where and How to Find a Great Wrist Tattoo

Wrist tattoos have taken the tattoo world by storm. Both men and women tattoo aficionados have taken to wrist tattoo designs. They are normally small in size, as they are made on the smaller side and are inexpensive to get done. It is also easy to adapt a wide variety of designs to make wrist tattoos. Some choose to get wrist tattoos for symbolic meanings. Before we read about wrist tattoo designs, we will read about wrist tattoo ideas.

Wrist Tattoo Ideas

There are a number of ideas which can make your wrist tattoo stand out from the rest. Tattoos made on the inner wrist are very popular, as they are not always visible. There are people who are of the opinion that inner wrist tattoos are more interesting as compared to other wrist tattoos. On the other hand, tattoos on the top of the wrist are more visible and this tattoo design can extend onto the arm or over the hand. The size of the tattoo can either be small or large. Wristband or bracelet tattoos on wrist is the third variety of wrist tattoo. This tattoo encircles the entire wrist or follows the curves of the top and side of the wrist. Wristband tattoos are similar to armband tattoo designs.

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Wrist tattoos show off your unique brand of personality to the world in a conspicuous and distinctive way. More and more people now are choosing wrist tattoos, but that doesn’t mean they are commonplace yet. With sexy wrist tattoo designs, you can display a message to the world about anything you want.

If you want a wrist tattoo, you have three basic options: a wraparound tattoo that encompasses your wrist, a single image inked on the inside of your wrist, or a word or phrase special to you. All can be sexy in different ways.

Sexy Wrist Tattoo Design

Wraparound tattoos are great ways to add flair and visual interest to your wrist. This works best with a flowing design that easily extends across your wrist and doubles back on itself. Some examples are flames, barbed wire, and vines. Even a sentence or phrase in Sanskrit or some other cursive font can form a band around your wrist.

Many people agree that a single image is the sexiest option, because a small image in a suggestive place like the sensitive inner wrist is very beautiful. Some examples of wrist designs are a star or a Kanji character with a special meaning. Many female celebrities opt for this type of tattoo, perhaps because of its suggestive appeal.

Sexy Wrist Tattoo Design

Word tattoos are the ultimate twist on the silicone “awareness” bracelet that became popular in the late 1990s. (Think of the ‘Livestong’ bracelets people wore for cancer awareness.) You can raise awareness for whatever cause or express any belief you’ve got on your wrist – you can literally wear your heart on your sleeve, if you like.

Words are fabulous wrist tattoos. Something short and sweet like “dream” or “breathe” written in cursive are popular choices for many women, and you can get as daring and suggestive as you want with the word. Maybe a phrase from your favorite novel or song, or the initials of a special person in your life, would look great on your wrist.

One advantage to wrist tattoos is that you’ve got two wrists – so why not use them? You could put two related words like “love” and “hate” on each wrist, or you could have a single phrase run from one wrist onto the other. For example, you could ink “What you see” on the right wrist and “is what you get” on the left. Holding your wrists out together makes a powerful statement. Whatever you want to say in life, it’s possible to say it with wrist tattoos.

Sanskrit is undoubtedly beautiful to look at, and it seems to add a deeper spirituality to any tattoo design you incorporate it into. However, there is always a risk to getting a tat in a language that is not your own. If you choose a particular word or phrase to use, be sure to cross check it with more than one translation source to make sure it carries the meaning you want it to. It is possible for an individual website or artist to make a mistake.

Sexy Wrist Tattoo Design

Sanskrit tattoos may seem like the latest fad in tattoo design, but this truly isn’t the case. Easter cultures have used this language in their body art for many centuries. It is only now becoming popular in the Western world as multi-culturalism takes hold.

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Inner wrist tattoos are a great choice for a hot tattoo design. More and more women are choosing to get such a tattoo for a variety of reasons. If you have been thinking about getting an inner wrist tattoo here are some ideas that might help make your decision a bit easier. Although it is always important to get a tattoo design that you love and not just get it because someone said they were popular. So use the ideas below to help spark your own creative ideas.

Star Tattoos
Star tattoo are always popular for girls. You can get something like nautical star design or a cluster of shooting stars. Either way a star is a symbol of guidance and helping keep a person on track and also remembering to live life to the fullest. Thus is makes a great tattoo with a deep symbolism behind it.

Saying Tattoo
Often people have a saying be it a quote, part of a poem or something that is important and significant to them. To add a little mystery to the words you could always get them done in a foreign language or script such as Latin, Arabic or even Sanskrit.

Ribbon Tattoos
Recently ribbons have become very popular to support a cause that you believe in. Be I breast cancer or autism if you have a cause that you are passionate about one great way to support that cause or someone struggling with such a disease or issue a ribbon tattoo works perfectly on the inner wrist.

Flower Tattoos
Flowers typically are thought of as going all the way around the wrist in a bracelet tattoo design. However a small flower or even a cluster or grouping of flowers can work as an inner wrist tattoo also. For example a hibiscus flower or lotus flower can work really well on the wrist. Flowers are very symbolic and it is important to pick a flower that you are attached to or one that has a symbolic significance behind it that is important to you.

soho hearts caught our eye

Dying to know where Roxy Olin got her necklace on last night's episode of MTV's The City? Soho Hearts!



The "Twisted Robe Pearl Multicolor Necklace" ($139) is just one of the pieces from Soho Hearts luxurious & trendy line. Soho Hearts has become a favorite of Hollywood's most stylish starlets including Whitney Port and Kelly Osbourne.





If you missed last night's episode, watch it online at www.mtv.com.

It was an . . .

...itsy bitsy, teenie weenie, yellow polka dot bikini!


I thought we'd finish off Desserts for Dudes month by giving the guys a little eye candy cookie.



As Mr. E probably has guessed, this is as close to a bikini as I'm getting in this lifetime (or the next).  Enjoy, honey.



The bikini cookies are really simple  I outlined and filled in yellow royal icing; I used a combination of AmeriColor Lemon Yellow & Egg Yellow for this color.  The dots were dropped on while the yellow icing was still wet.  (A video of this technique is available here.)



To make the palm trees:



  • Using #2 tips, outline the branches in green and the trunk in brown royal icing (AmeriColor Avocado and Leaf Green mixed, AmeriColor Chocolate Brown). 

  • Thin the royal icing with water to the consistency of thick syrup.  Cover with a damp dish towel and let sit several minutes.

  • Stir gently with a rubber spatula to break any air bubbles that have risen to the surface.  Transfer to squeeze bottles.

  • Fill in the trunk of the tree in brown.

  • Fill in the leaves in green.

  • After 1 hour or so, add the details to the truck in piping consistency royal icing, using a #2 tip.

  • Let dry overnight.

  • Prepare a "sanding sugar station."  You'll need:

  1. meringue powder mixed with an equal amount water

  2. sanding sugar

  3. small paint brush

  4. coffee filter

  • Paint the meringue powder/water mixture over the edge of the cookie.

  • Holding the cookie over the coffee filter, sprinkle on the sanding sugar. Shake off excess onto the filter.  

  • Use the filter as a funnel to refill container of sanding sugar.





    So, what did you guys think of Desserts for Dudes month?  I'll tell you our favorites:

    Alrighty...Desserts for Dudes month is officially over.  Bring on the pink and sprinkles!

    Cindy Christenden in Miami

    This pristine white Miami, Florida home was designed by Cindy Christenden.

    ENJOY!







    Refreshing...




    Now on to Embracing Etiquette With Teresa...



    How to React?



    Your dignity relies on how well you handle a response to rude behavior. There are many areas in which you must react appropriately and they include while shopping, at work, when out in public, and phone provocations.



    There are appropriate ways to handle rudeness in all areas, and it is important to be respectful and rational in your approach.



    Tomorrow we will cover “When Shopping?”



    See you soon,

    Teresa

    xoxo

    Tuesday, June 29, 2010

    Winner for the Wags 'n Whiskers blog hop!!!

    I was one of the lucky blogs that gets to choose a winner from the Wags 'n Whiskers blog hop this past weekend! The winner will receive two digital images of their choice from the brand new collection, Let's Party!! So without any further ado, here is the winner!!!









    And lets go find out who #30 is......





    A huge CONGRATS Cathy! Please contact Nikki at  nichola.fairbairn@googlemail.com  with your choice of two digital images from the new collection which you can see right HERE!


    Thanks so much to everyone that played along! Have a fabulous week! Hugs!

    Tanya Dziahileva: Harpers Bazaar Spain / 2010

    Tanya Dziahileva: Harpers Bazaar Spain / 2010

    And the famous fashion magazine Harpers Bazaar'S resulting in the number of publications in Spain this month, great exposure and Tanya Dziahileva 2010 fashions'To shed light on the Trend offers a beautiful work.








    The Original Photo Lounge by Snap! Jillian + John at Linden Place

    The Photo Lounge..It's ALWAYS a hit!

    We have a number of fun backdrops to 'jazz up' the Photo Lounge experience.




    Not that is needs 'jazzing'... because it's so awesome on it's own.

    Right?!

    Dream lookbook shoot :: All my local favorites


    I feel so lucky to know such talented ladies in the Portland, OR area. I was absolutely thrilled to have a chance to work with all of them on a recent shoot for the new Twigs & Honey lookbook (coming soon!). I hope to make this a habit! ;)





    Accessories: Twigs & Honey
    Photography: Lisa Warninger
    Styling & Flower garland: Chelsea Fuss
    Dresses: Elizabeth Dye
    Makeup/Hair: Madeline Roosevelt
    Models: Olivia Bee (top) and Kate Troedsson
    Thank you!! (Also, thank you to Jade for being the third lovely model: photos to come! and Amy, my big sista, for being an awesome assistant)

    Papertake Weekly - In stitches

    It's time for a new challenge at Papertake Weekly, and this week we're sponosred by Simon Says Stamp!! Dawny is challenging us to use stitching on our project, and it can be any kind of stitching. Either actual stitching or faux with a pen or rubons. I used machine stitching on this one. I chose this adorable digi image from Whimsey Stamps. I knew as soon as I laid eyes on this image that it was going to be perfect for this wedding card.



    The cardstock is Bazzill and papers are digital from Nitwits. Flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts (of course). I used lots and lots of Kaiser flat backed pearls on this one. I didn't have any of the swirls, so I just made my own. I think they turned out ok, huh? What do you think? The bow is made from May Arts Silk Ribbon, and I hung a heart and key charms from it. Made a matching envelope box to go with it, and called this one done!



    That's it's for today! Please be sure and pop over to Papertake Weekly to see the fabulous creations from the rest of the design team. Then grab you paper and glue, and maybe you'll stitch your way to a prize from Simon Says Stamp!! Thanks for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

    Presenting ... Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Taylor Bass

    The Waters Chapel


    My son, Joseph Taylor Bass, married the beautiful Lindsay Epton at the Waters Chapel this past Saturday. The mother of the groom, who just happens to be me, couldn’t be happier. Would you think I was bragging if I posted a couple of photographs? You are correct if you guessed yes! So… here is the beautiful couple.



    Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Taylor Bass and ...


    their wedding party and  ...


     the soon-to-be Mrs. Bass (Lindsay) and Miss Angela (my other precious angel)
    at the rehearsal dinner.


    Congratulations, Lindsay and Joseph!
    I love you,
    MOM


    Now on to Embracing Etiquette with Teresa...


    The Dirty Dozen: Today’s Rudest Behaviors


    They are as follows, exactly as quoted in Emily Post:



    • Telling racist or ethnic jokes, which not only insults the listener’s intelligence but smears entire communities



    • Using four letter words and other obscenities in public without any reservations – especially in the presence of children



    • Doing the “cell yell” – conducting a cell phone conversation so loudly that those around you wonder if your phone mate is hard of hearing



    • Treating a salesperson, food server, or any other service provider as someone who is beneath you



    • Letting kids run wild or make constant noise in restaurants, supermarkets, theater, and any other public or private place



    • Endangering others on a busy expressway by playing NASCAR wannabe: zipping from one lane to the other while driving like a maniac and not even bothering to signal



    • At a youth sporting event, abusing the referee, coach, or opposing team’s players because your child’s team has suffered what you consider wrong



    • Fouling the sidewalk with spit, trash, or pet poop left unscooped (You KNOW that this infuriates me!)



    • On public transportation, staying planted in your seat when an elderly, pregnant, or disabled person obviously needs it more



    • Charging thoughtlessly through crowds – especially when skating, riding a bike or electric scooter, or pushing a baby stroller



    • Butting in, whether jumping into a checkout line in a store or taking a parking space that someone is clearly waiting for



    • Lighting up to smoke tobacco in a roomful of nonsmokers – and adding insult to injury by not asking permission beforehand



    Thank you, Emily!



    All of this behavior makes the average, decent person furious but there are many who just don’t “get” it! Please pass this on.



    Tomorrow we cover “How to React?”



    First three photographs by Ann Wade Parrish, Photographer.



    See you soon,

    Teresa

    xoxo